Smartphone Help

Got a smartphone today. Tried to root it. Bricked it instead.

I can get into the bootloader, so there's the potential for recovery, but I've no idea what to do at this point. And given that my previous attempts at doing bootloader-related things failed so miserably...

That sucks. Out of interest, what did you get?

You should be able to fix it by installing Ubuntu on your PC. Check out androidforums xda-developers websites for a guide.

That sucks. Out of interest, what did you get?

HTC One XL.

You should be able to fix it by installing Ubuntu on your PC. Check out androidforums xda-developers websites for a guide.

Eh?

koberulz, Modaco hasn't proven helpful at debricking your phone? Every smartphone I bought, I followed guides there to mod/root/install roms/debrick, etc.

I've no idea what I'm even looking for at this point. I tried following this guide to root it, but flashing CWM didn't work. It all seemed to succeed in the Command Prompt, but the phone never rebooted and going into Recovery resulted in the message 'This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside or HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action.'

I tried several different versions of CWM (5.8.2.7, 5.8.3.1, 5.8.4.0, and an interim build from Modaco), with the same result, before trying this. Now the above screen is all my phone can display unless I boot into the bootloader. I tried Factory Reset, but that just kicks me straight back to the 'developmental purposes' screen.

It sounds like you are rooted, but your bootloader is still locked. What happens when you just try to turn the phone on?

I get the 'developmental purposes only' screen. The bootloader says it's unlocked. Right above that, it says it's tampered; no idea if it's meant to say that or not.

It goes automatically to the bootloader?

No. Whenever I just boot the phone normally, or go into either recovery or factory reset from the bootloader, I get the "HTC: Quietly Brilliant" screen that usually pops up before boot, except below that it says 'This build is for development purposes only. Do not distribute outside or HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action' in red, and just sits there. Forever.

How long have you actually waited? After rooting, the initial bootup can take a while. That message just means you are rooted. What did you use to unlock the bootloader? When I rooted my EVO LTE(souped up one x) I didn't unlock the bootloader and could not install a custom recovery. I have yet to unlock it. I think there are two ways, htcdev and lazypanda.

I unlocked the bootloader using the guide I linked to earlier. It stuck at that screen for several minutes.


AFAIK you need to unlock before you can root?

That guide bothers me because it doesn't specify your hboot version. Whenever hboot gets updated, exploits get patched. Can you get hereto see your hboot version?

You do not need to unlock before you root, I think it's the other way around. I'm rooted but have a locked bootloader. So I can't install a custom recovery or flash custom roms until I unlock the bootloader.

HBOOT 1.11.0000

Probably worth splitting this discussion into its own thread at this point.

When I rooted my EVO LTE (souped up one x)

I'm not sure that isn't the exact phone I've got. According to Wiki, the LTE version of the One X is sold in Australia as the One XL. Looking at Wiki's history, I have an Evita model, not an EndeavorU model, and the CWM image I was flashing ends in 'endeavoru' which may be the problem. No idea how to go about getting the Evita version, though, or why it should matter, or even whether it does matter. It may make no difference. It may be a standard CWM distribution, but renamed for the purposes of that download.

Fuck this is confusing.


EDIT: Okay, so it's not the EVO: I have neither a camera button nor an SD card slot. I'm even more confused.

Probably worth splitting this discussion into its own thread at this point.

Definitely. Spinoff premiered.

Downloaded TWRP from here and flashed it. Recovery now works. Factory reset just sends me to TWRP.

Going to Install within TWRP, however, there's no sign of the SuperSU zip (which, yes, I'd copied over following the previous instructions). Is there anything I can do from TWRP to get my phone back?

Thank God for RUUs.

I now have a functioning, rooted, HTC One XL. Now to install CyanogenMod without fucking it all up again.

CyanogenMod installed.

Is there any way to have just phone contacts? Cyanogen's contacts app insists on loading every single person I've ever received an email from, or something ridiculous.